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A gag which calls attention to the fact that a show has Loads and Loads of Characters. In response to some summons, event, or strange series of coincidences, the show's entire cast winds up in a single shot, often cramped into an enclosed space. Phonebooths were an early version, followed by elevators, but most modern shows put their own spin on this. The humorous absurdity of such a situation is augmented by the viewer's sudden realization that he recognizes everyone, or the characters trying to fit everyone into a small, small, SMALL setting.

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The ad campaign for WWE's '08 Royal Rumble involved the more prominent members of its roster rioting in a subway car. Actually, this trope is used a few times in the shows themselves. The aforementioned Royal Rumble may also qualify as an example.

Anime and Manga

An early episode of Maison Ikkoku has the cast spending most of an episode trapped in the bottom of a dried-up well. Why didn't they help each other out, you wonder? The nosy neighbors were just fine partying in the bottom of a well, and the rival suitors didn't want to be the first to leave. After all, the other one would immediately start hitting on Kyoko, right?

Every entry in the K series has one of these for a poster. They are usually standing in the Shibuya Scramble intersection, wearing trendy clothes of the sort that most of them aren't likely to wear in the story.

Played with in Sailor Moon, where as a part of a plot relevant episode every superpowered girl introduced at this point shows up; the monster is immediately fed up with what's likely a one-sided fight. The same episode lampshades how small the average Japanese house is, as none of the characters can even engage in a fight without tripping over each other.

A later episode has Sailor Moon, The Inner Senshi (Including an Untransformed Minako), Uranus and Neptune, all 3 Sailor Starlights, the Monster/victim of the day, and 2 villains, Sailors Lead Crow and Aluminum Sirein, all in Usagi's kitchen. That's 13 people. The only regulars not there are ChibiUsa and Tuxedo Mask (Both Put on a Bus this season) and Pluto and Saturn. (The former is presumably at home watching the latter.)

Their methods of arrival there are all coincidental as well. Seiya came to visit Usagi to make sure she was alright with her parents and brother away (Calling himself her "Bodyguard", their being Senshi still unknown to each other). The Inner Senshi also decided to stop by to check on her. Uranus and Neptune's car broke down right outside Usagi's house, while Taiki and Yaten came to get Seiya when a TV crew came by doing door to door dinner interviews (forcing everyone except Minako to hide, particularly the Starlights due to them being idols) when the cameraman was attacked by the Villains and turned into a monster.

A NarutoOmake from around the time of the "Search for Tsunade" Arc has nearly every character introduced in the series thus far packed into two scenes: The opening ceremony for a kind of Ninja Olypmics, and a really long line for the restroom that a diarrhea-stricken Naruto needs to use.

The season two opener of Gintama has basically every major character make their way into the Odd Jobs' apartment.

Back in an earlier theatrical short for Anpanman, there was a shot at the end credits showing off every character that had appeared in show since then. However, the cast has expanded to so many characters (and now holds the world record for most named characters in an animated series!), that the amount seems tiny compared to now.

This overcrowded chapter cover image of nearly every Marine in One Piece together with the Straw Hats, including some that have not been shown yet.

Sgt. Frog: Several events in later episodes routinely reunite at least one member of each alien race shown in the series up to that point, although most only return as background cameos.

Episode 296 is the biggest example in this series. The first half, featured piles of letters and cards sent by old minor characters. In the second half, there was a competition involving one member of every alien race shown in the series up to that point.

In Infinite Ryvius, the penultimate shot of the opening credits zooms out from Yuki to reveal a massive crowd of kids before zooming back in on Kouji and most of the other regular characters.

Two of such happened in Zatch Bell!. One in which Zatch celebrates with all the defeated Mamodos after Clear Note is defeated. And again when Zatch sends a letter to Kiyo from the Mamado world with a picture of him and the others after he's crowned the new Mamado king.

Dragon Ball did this several times. One of the most notable in the last issue of Z which features all the heroes giving their thanks to the reader.

Episode 17 of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War has a scene where Fujiwara is leading the student assembly in singing the school anthem. Just about every character who has appeared up to that point in the series can be picked out of the crowd, and there's even a few Early-Bird Cameos.

Comic Books

In the first issue of Forever Evil, the Crime Syndicate gathers an audience of over eighty super-villains. Readers familiar with the DC Universe can probably recognize all of them.

The two page spread at the end of issue 174 contains 53 super heroes, plus enough of the cape and leg of two more to identify them.

One page manages to have a shot of all the major Olympians (plus Hades) in addition to their Roman iterations alongside Diana, and while this grouping easily passes 26 characters each with enough detail to be clearly picked out of the crowd it doesn't come close to containing the entire supporting cast.

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Films — Animated

Coco ends with the whole Rivera family — living and dead — gathering around Miguel as he performs for them.

At the end of Storks, the entire cast shows up to encourage Tulip to meet her biological family.

Live Action TV

Done almost once an episode on the American version of The Office, usually in the conference room scenes.

Mash used this once, with Hawkeye setting the new record for "Most People Crammed Into An Automobile".

Seinfeld includes most of its memorable minor and recurring characters in the finale.

Done on The Daily Show 2008 election special and on Jon Stewart's final episode when every available current correspondent crowded into one shot to cover the 2015 Republican debate which then kicked off many, many correspondents returning to honor Jon.

This trope becomes a major plot point in the first game. Four group photos of the class are discovered, and the mastermind is revealed to be one of the people in them.

At the way way end of Viewtiful Joe's ending, there is a majestically drawn frame of every main character, every boss, and almost of all of the game's baddies, with Joe and Silvia celebrating up front. Also, the cover of Red Hot Rumble has all the playable characters scrambling around, looking toward the sky in a high, wide-angle shot.

The opening of Mega Man: The Wily Wars features a cast shot of all of the characters in the first three games of the series (and aMet). Considering that there are 28 characters in the shotnote Mega Man himself, Roll, Proto Man, Dr. Light, Dr. Wily, Rush, and the 22 Robot Masters from Mega Man 1-3 — the Met brings it up to 29, it's a tight fit.

Although not in the game itself, the end of the "We are Overwatch" short shows all the game's 21 playable characters available at launch (as of May 2018, 6 more have been added, with 3 being added per year on a steady schedule).

Super Smash Bros. had these for a few promos. The largest thus far for Ultimate which features every playable character who showed up in the series up to that point. "Everyone is Here" indeed.

Least I Could Do spends two or three strips having a bunch of recurring/one-off characters poking their heads in - to note that not one of them minds if John uses the Valentine's Day contest for some petty revenge against Rayne.

One of the earlier running gags in The Simpsons, beginning with most of the town being crammed into Ned Flanders fallout shelter, until the world became fleshed out enough that nearly every potential person was a bystander.

There's also the mob scene in the movie.

Plus the posters. And the intros, too, especially the HD one with fields of people being shown in about two seconds—and yes, a sufficiently devoted fan can name everyone.

In Taz-Mania's Christmas episode, Taz's father narrates the closing of the story mentioning the heartwarming arrival of "all our friends who were sadly cut for screentime" before they arrive en masse for a "heartwarming cast shot."

On several occasions in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Phil Ken Sebben would call everyone in via the PA system, and they would all be there after the cut. (Plus a few random characters who have nothing to do with anything, like a bear.)

In X-Men: Evolution the Professor's study and the control room of the Danger Room (where most the exposition takes place for the show) got progressively more crowded as the show went on.

The The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode "Duck!", in which everyone ends up in the same jail cell because of an evil ghost duck, including Hector Con Carne, who protests "I'm not even on this stupid show anymore!"

The final song "Carpe Diem" in the Phineas and Ferb episode "Roller Coaster: The Musical" has every single character which had appeared in the show so far. Incidentally, this highlighted just how weird a cartoon with giant floating baby heads, animal secret agents, and alien bounty hunts is.

Done in the last stand-alone Futurama movie, Into the Wild Green Yonder, which at the time stood a good chance of being the last Futurama work. Near the end, a large crowd is gathered to watch the opening of Leo Wong's huge minigolf park that spans half the galaxy. Each of the hundreds of characters in the bleachers is recognizable from previous episodes.

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